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The work of the people. Our weekly rhythm of being together as a larger community to worship and confess, to engage scripture and prayer, to celebrate eucharist, and to be sent back into the city with a benediction each and every week.
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Monday Nov 30, 2015
Monday Nov 30, 2015
On the first Sunday of Advent, Gideon Tsang discusses the importance of seasons of darkness in our spiritual journey, and the rhythms the church created in this season before Christmas.
Reflection:
Describe a time where you experienced a season of spiritual darkness.
What were some lessons learned during that time?
Which of the spiritual practices could you try during this season of Advent?
Resources:
Webisite:Darksite Finder
Book: Learning to Walk in the Dark
Writing: Dark Night of the Soul
Psalms: Lament Psalms
Podcast: Seth Rogan and Evan Goldberg Interview
Movie: The Overnighters
Podcast: Radiolab – The New Normal
PDF:Sermon Slides
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Sunday Nov 22, 2015
Sunday Nov 22, 2015
Gena Minnix finishes a 3-part series on integrating the Enneagram as a tool to help us identify and discover how to live into our true selves. This third part focuses on “gut” people and we examine the life of Martha. [Luke 10:38-42]
Reflection:
How are we able to use anger in a positive way and expression?
How do we discern the right things we need to do?
How can we love as a community in order to collectively love God and people with our heart, mind and strength?
Resources
Enneagram: The Enneagram Institute – Overview
Enneagram: 9types.com
Enneagram: Overview of the Enneagram
Book: The Wisdom of the Enneagram
Book: The Enneagram: A Christian Perspective
Movie: Steve Jobs
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Sunday Nov 15, 2015
Sunday Nov 15, 2015
Gideon Tsang continues a 3-part series on integrating the Enneagram as a tool to help us identify and discover how to live into our true selves. This second part focuses on “mind” people and we examine the life of Joseph. [Genesis 39]
Reflection
In what ways can we shape our craft but also not allow our work to define us?
How can the vision of our lives be beneficial to others around us?
Who are the experienced ones with wisdom that we celebrate in our lives and community?
Resources:
Enneagram: The Enneagram Institute – Overview
Enneagram: 9types.com
Enneagram: Overview of the Enneagram
Book: The Wisdom of the Enneagram
Book: The Enneagram: A Christian Perspective
Movie: The End of the Tour
Writing: Teresa of Avila: The Interior Castle
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Monday Nov 09, 2015
Monday Nov 09, 2015
Jason Minnix begins a 3-part series on integrating the Enneagram as a tool to help us identify and discover how to live into our true selves. This first part focuses on “heart” people and we examine the life of Mary of Bethany. [Luke 10:38-42]
Reflection:
How are we able to receive God’s love solely based on being in his presence?
How do we experience the depth of our emotions as a sacred part of our humanity?
How can we love in impractical ways?
Resources:
Enneagram: Overview of the Enneagram
Video: Chris Farley on Conan
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Monday Nov 02, 2015
Monday Nov 02, 2015
John Chandler talks about how the faith of those before us shapes and challenges our own faith today. [Hebrews 12:1-3]
Reflection:
How can we still show faith in the midst of our broken stories?
How can we change who we are now and fix our eyes on Jesus?
How do we live out messy faith in community?
Resources:
Video: Helvetica
People: Massimo Bottura (Chef’s Table)
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Sunday Oct 25, 2015
Sunday Oct 25, 2015
Gena Minnix talks about making decisions that flow from and nourish our true selves. [Romans 12:1-2]
Reflection:
Are we in a season of being inclined to lean toward or away from God?
In what ways do we engage Scripture to renew our minds?
Who are those in our lives that are trusted and are in tune with the source of God’s wisdom?
Resources
Practice: Prayer of Examen
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Wednesday Oct 21, 2015
Wednesday Oct 21, 2015
Gideon Tsang talks about what it would look like to help others in a healthy and loving way. [1 John 4]
Reflection:
What is our motivation for helping people?
What does our fear tell us about our love, identity and understanding of God?
How can we learn to extend the family of God further and expand the circle of inclusion?
Resources:
Book: When Helping Hurts
Global Partner: Ashish Center
ECC Partner: Covenant Church of Congo
ECC Partner: Hoskins Family
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Sunday Oct 11, 2015
Sunday Oct 11, 2015
Weylin Lee talks about how our spiritual formation needs to be more reflective of what it means to be a child. [1 John 3]
Reflection:
What are the some new questions we need to continue to ask in our journey of following Jesus?
What are some rhythms that provide structure for our spiritual formation?
How can we practice the difficult expression of love in a diverse community?
Resources:
Video: Peewee Football Game Dance
Vox Expressions: Rhythms of Life
Vox Expressions: Covenant Membership
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Monday Sep 28, 2015
Monday Sep 28, 2015
Gideon Tsang speaks about repentance as healing. [1 John 1]
Reflection:
In what ways can you give up judgement of yourself and others?
How can you bring your full self into God’s loving light?
What does a conversation on healing and repentance look like this coming week?
Resources:
Podcast: On Being – Repentance
Book: Accidental Saints
TED Radio: What can doctors learn by admitting their mistakes?
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Sunday Sep 20, 2015
Sunday Sep 20, 2015
Gideon Tsang examines favoritism in our lives and what hinders and facilitates our ability to love the other. [James 2:1-9]
Reflection:
How have we been bad judges in how we view and perceive others?
Who is the other in our lives that represents the diversity that is required to live out the image of God?
How do we need to receive the love of God first in order to love others?
Resources
Video: Frank Movie Trailer
Video: Colbert Interview with Joe Biden
Person: Nadia Bolz-Weber
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Sunday Sep 13, 2015
Sunday Sep 13, 2015
Jason Minnix speaks about truth that helps create margin in our lives through community. [Acts 2:42-47]
Reflection:
What one thing would make our lives simpler and open ourselves up to spiritual growth?
Who are the people that make room for our humanity and spiritual growth?
What’s is alive in us today? What is dying? What is being reborn?
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Sunday Aug 30, 2015
Sunday Aug 30, 2015
Gideon Tsang speaks about how the church that has a high view of Scripture should be known most for their ability to listen well. [James 1:19-25]
Reflection:
How do we show that we have a high view of Scripture?
What is our ratio of listening to speaking when we engage scripture?
How are we using Scripture to allow us to see more deeply our true self in God?
Resources:
1. Sermon Slides
2. Book: Listening is an Act of Love
3. Podcast: StoryCorps
4. Movie: End of the Tour
5. Movie: I am Chris Farley
Correction to Gideon’s Sermon: The Church only exiled, not executed people to silence the idea of a sun-centered universe.
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Sunday Aug 23, 2015
Sunday Aug 23, 2015
John Chandler speaks about having a framework of love in how we read Scripture and live it out in the midst of different perspectives. [Matthew 5:38-48]
Reflection:
What does it mean for us to love those who oppose us?
What does it mean for us to understand that we have a great deal to learn from others as well as offer to others?
How can we be complete people that God intended for us to be?
Resources:
1. Book: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
2.Book: Letter to a Hindu by Leo Tolstoy
3.Movie: The Matrix
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Sunday Aug 16, 2015
Sunday Aug 16, 2015
Jason Minnix speaks about how we read Scripture and the different seasons in our lives that may require different approaches and ways to engage Scripture. [Hebrews 5:11-14]
Reflection:
How do we approach a developmental way of reading Scripture?
How can we engage a mystical, trail-marker, or story framework for engage Scripture?
In what ways is God for us?
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Sunday Aug 09, 2015
Sunday Aug 09, 2015
Matthew Worthington speaks about what it means to imitate Christ and how we live that out. [Ephesians 4:25-5:2]
Reflection:
How can we be someone who is kind and useful to the greater community?
How do we hold space for other people’s experiences and pain and hear their story?
What does it look like for us to forgive they way Christ forgave?
Resources:
1.Podcast: This American Life – Changing Your Mind
2.Person: Oscar Romero
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Monday Aug 03, 2015
Monday Aug 03, 2015
Gena Minnix speaks about the importance of diversity in our community and moving beyond the safety of sameness. [Ephesians 4:1-6] Originally, the scripture follow up was scheduled for this date. The follow up will now be in three parts on 8/16, 8/23, and 8/30. Stay tuned.
Reflection:
What are some things that keep us safe from our blind spots and prevent us from seeing the fullness of God?
How can we engage more humility and gentleness in how we may wrongly understand or perceive others?
How can we practice peace through prayer and meditation?
Resources:
1. Video: Schoolchildren Funeral Tribute in New Zealand
2. Video: Who Needs a Calculator?
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Sunday Jul 26, 2015
Sunday Jul 26, 2015
Weylin Lee continues a conversation on Scripture and how it should impact and strengthen our interior life. [Ephesians 3:14-21]
Reflection:
How is our faith in Christ strengthened through Scripture?
As we read scripture, how are we becoming more loving people?
How can we engage Scripture with the mystery of God in tension with our need for certainty?
The post Scripture II appeared first on Vox Veniae.
Sunday Jul 19, 2015
Sunday Jul 19, 2015
Jason Minnix speaks about the role that weakness plays in our spirituality. [2 Corinthians 12:2-10]
Reflection:
How do we practice true humility?
Where is the deeper river running in my life?
What would it look like to lean into grace this week?
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Monday Jul 13, 2015
Monday Jul 13, 2015
Gideon begins a conversation on how to rediscover the early and historic church’s transcendent reading of the scriptures.
[Heb 4:12-13]
Reflection:
What do you think of the Bible?
How does scripture affect your soul in a trans-rational way?
How are you living out scripture in active ways?
Resources:
1. Book: The Bible Tells Me So: Why Defending Scripture has made us unable to read it.
2. Video: AJ Jacobs: My year of living biblically
3.Artist: Ai Weiwei
4. Article: “The powerful words of forgiveness delivered to Dylann Roof by victims’ relatives” The Washington Post, 19 June 2015
5.Movie: Stranger Than Fiction
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Monday Jul 06, 2015
Monday Jul 06, 2015
Terra McDaniel speaks about how Jesus works and uses us in spite of our rejection of God. [Mark 6:1-13]
Reflection:
When has God been something you have not expected? How have you been disappointed or even offended?
How does God use those who are least expected?
How is faith built and developed in community versus individually?
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